Smithsonian Magazine

A Stunning Stretch of California’s Rugged Coastline Is Now Open to the Public for the First Time in a Century

Privately owned until 2015, the 547-acre Estero Americano Coast Preserve is welcoming hikers, birdwatchers, wildflower lovers ...

California coast opens for the first time in 100 years and it needs to go on your 2026 travel list

For decades, a stretch of Northern California coastline just south of Bodega Bay existed in travel lore as something almost ...
Marin Independent Journal

Guest editorial: California’s coast is no place for oil drilling

News item: President Donald Trump (still) intends to allow oil drilling off the California coast. This unsurprising announcement came soon after his inauguration in 2017, then a few months into ...
KPBS

More housing on the California coast? Changes at this agency signal a pro-building shift

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Bone-colored bluffs and jagged cliffs line the Monterey shoreline where chalky sand meets redwoods. Its rugged ...